Dale-Town

DALE-TOWN, a township, in the parish of Hawnby, wapentake of Birdforth, N. riding of York, 9½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Thirsk; containing 49 inhabitants. This township is near one of the sources of the river Rye, and comprises by computation 2000 acres of land, partly open moors: it includes a lofty and extensive cliff, called Peak Scarr.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, published in 1848.